First REAL Treo Hollywood Pictures! Runs WM5!?!?!

Intersting pics...the thickness of the unit seems to taper off towards the keyboard. These pics are certainly much more convincing than the modded 650 that's been parading around as Hollywood.

Is there any sign of an external monitor output on the Hollywood? I love the audio output and i wish there was a video output as well. Maybe one similar to the mini-ouputs on digital cameras for connecting them to tv monitors. This would make it possible to watch external videos, work on documents, etc.

Have you heard of any way of connecting an eternal monitor to a 650?

Hopefully this phone becomes available on Sprint. If it doesn't I am switching to whoever has it!!! I love the Blackberry look. As much as I love my Treo 650, I am very impressed with Blackberry's form and design. Typing on a Blackberry's fingerpad is much easier than a Treo. THEY MUST RELEASE THIS PHONE!

why can't people take IN FOCUSED pictures?

YES FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE TAKE A STILL PIC AND GET OFF THE CAFFEINE!

Any word on when this will be released? I've heard anything from June on.

Since you brought it up, I much prefer the Palm OS to the Windows. How about a survey to see what your readers prefer? Or which they'd buy if they had the choice.

Kyle,
Get mDesk from motionapps -- it puts whatever the Treo is displaying in a window on your computer screen. Great app.

>>>Since you brought it up, I much prefer the Palm OS to the Windows. How about a survey to see what your readers prefer? Or which they'd buy if they had the choice.

That survey is already taking place in the marketplace, and Windows Mobile outsell PalmOS devices >2:1

Surur

Ed Colligan said no such thing. You have to get better at understanding what Executives mean when they say things like "We will continue to support Palm OS". It does not mean that there will be both OS versions of every phone. Hollywood has been long rumored to be WinMob. Not sure why anyone is surprised by this.
Palm OS is not likely to appear on this form factor. This is a GSM form factor initially designed for Europe where Palm OS is all but gone from the scene. WM5 will be the choice there.

So if Palm is considering Palm OS for this hardware it would only be for US GSM users. How big is that market after they release this WM5 version? Probably not too big when considering the cannabilization effects of this phone on whatever Palm OS US GSM market is still there.

It is unlikely that Palm delivers a Palm OS version of this phone.

500kbps on a UMTS network is impossible. That would mean that the Treo Hollywood is a HSDPA device, and, if it's released on Cingular, you can count on it being a dual-band 850MHz/1900MHz HSDPA and at least tri-band 850/1800/1900MHz GSM phone. Unless HTC goes crazy and manages to fit tri-band UMTS and quad-band GSM into here, there will have to be two seperate versions for the Americas and the rest of the world.

1) Primarily for US GSM users, Surur, not only for the US. The form factor might be enough to lure some new users to a Palm OS one--at least people upgrading from other Palm OS devices, whether Treos or standalones. We'll see.

2) We may not see a Palm OS one in this form factor in 2006; I'm sure we'll see something with it (or similar) by 2007. Maybe running a Linux-based OS rather than Garnet.

I hope that the "Hollywood" comes with a belt clip simular to the one you get out of the box with blackberries. I hate having to go out and buy third party cases. I always wondered why the treo never came with a belt clip in the box.

Surur - that really isn't a fair comparison. There are WAY more phones out there that run WM. Can you name any ONE phone that runs WM that's outsold the Treo? Yeah, didn't think so.

First, any new Cingular Treo will be lucky to hit by the end of the year. Cingular is notoriously slow and late in releasing new phones...plus they need to get their 3G network up and running in enough cities to make releasing a 3G Treo worthwhile.

Second, it's not surprising if Palm goes more towards WM5 than the Palm OS. I agree that I like the Palm OS more, but let's face it...Palm stopped developing that a long time ago, and right now any new Palm OS is a long time away. It's much easier to go WM, where you know at least Microsoft has the resources to keep developing the product, no matter how flawed that product may be.

so who released this picture and whats makes everyone think this is "IT"? what makes these pictures the authentic authority on the official treo hollywood? could be another hoax.

I don't think anyone is saying for sure this is the Great One that has only been spoken of. I agree with you though in the sense that this could just be another hoax to get attention. Let's see something released from Palm/Microsoft or a Service Carrier for that matter before we make a judgment. I think anyone can throw a phony pic out there.

so anyone know who's the source of this pic? i see it everywhere, here, engadget, mytreo.net... i'm sure its in other places like treocentral, etc too... so who's accountable for this released blurry pic? in fact, to me i can't even tell if its really thinner. again i can't see the top so the antenna could have been sawed off for all i know.

I am really not trying to be nitpicky about all this, but Palm's factory screen protector does not come on a phone the way this one has. It looks as if whatever lamo took the pic cut out a piece of Ziploc baggie for all we know and laid it on top of an altered Treo. Nice try!

Verizon 700P pictures??
http://discussion.treocentral.com/showpost.php?p=956801&postcount=17

and post 18

I have heard from my Cingular Data Solution Consultant, who provides my company with demo phones, that this phone pictured here is in fact Cingular's version of the 700w. Because of the UMTS chips, the stubby antenna could be omitted from the design.

I just they release this device before the end of the summer (I know, I know, Pigs will fly first)
Having the smaller form factor makes that phone very desirable and whatever OS they use, hopefully it will be more stable that what is on the 650...